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Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

Man jailed for rape bid on pregnant woman

A Melbourne man will spend a little less than two years behind bars for trying to rape a pregnant woman as she cycled home from work.

Coburg man Casey Tennent, 21, was on Friday sentenced in the Victorian County Court to 23 months in prison, 200 hours of community work, and a two-year community corrections order over the attack earlier this year.

Tennent pleaded guilty to one count of assault with intent to commit a sexual offence, and one charge of unlawful assault after punching a passer-by who came to the woman's aid.

The woman, who was in her third trimester, was riding her bike home from work at night when Tennent tackled her off the path and into bushes.

She struggled and screamed for help as Tennent held on to her.

"You overpowered her as she shouted 'help, help, please help'," judge Barbara Cotterell said on Friday.

Tennent also pushed on her stomach despite her telling him she was pregnant.